There is a Rolls-Royce outside The Midland, accompanied by a plaque that commemorates the meeting between Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce at the Manchester hotel in 1904. Matheus Cunha is a Rolls-Royce of a footballer.

Cunha, voted United fans' man of the match in the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, produced a performance that trumped goalscoring debutants at Old Trafford in recent years. Another Brazilian, Antony, claimed the glory in United's last defeat of Arsenal in the Premier League three years ago yet he was as noticeably one-paced and one-dimensional on his first appearance as he was on his last.

In 90 goalless minutes, Cunha had four attempts at goal, with three on target. He forced the one genuinely good save from David Raya all afternoon in the first half. There were

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